Top Painting Clues Flashcards
(274 cards)
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enigmatic smile
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Mona Lisa by (Leonardo da Vinci)
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sfumato
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Mona Lisa by (Leonardo da Vinci)
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wife of Francesco del Giocondo
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Mona Lisa by (Leonardo da Vinci)
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La Joconde
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Mona Lisa by (Leonardo da Vinci)
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curvy road and arched bridge in background
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Mona Lisa by (Leonardo da Vinci)
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L.H.O.O.Q. by Duchamp is a parody
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Mona Lisa by (Leonardo da Vinci)
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“KILL LIES ALL”
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Guernica by (Pablo Picasso)
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light bulb in an eye
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Guernica by (Pablo Picasso)
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destruction of town during Spanish Civil War
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Guernica by (Pablo Picasso)
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bull with burning tail
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Guernica by (Pablo Picasso)
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five-cent “Phillies” cigars
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Nighthawks (by Edward Hopper)
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knobless yellow door
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Nighthawks (by Edward Hopper)
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a woman in red and two men in top hats sit
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Nighthawks (by Edward Hopper)
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melting clocks
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The Persistence of Memory (by Salvador Dali)
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ants on orange pocket watch
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The Persistence of Memory (by Salvador Dali)
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inspired by a piece of Camembert cheese melting in the sun
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The Persistence of Memory (by Salvador Dali)
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artist’s dentist and artist’s sister
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American Gothic (by Grant Wood)
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Dibble House
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American Gothic (by Grant Wood)
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gothic window
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American Gothic (by Grant Wood)
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pitchfork
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American Gothic (by Grant Wood)
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chicken hangs from a girl’s belt
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The Night Watch (by Rembrandt)
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red sash
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The Night Watch (by Rembrandt)
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Frans Banning Cocq
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The Night Watch (by Rembrandt)
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large blue and yellow flag
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The Night Watch (by Rembrandt)
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Judas leans away from Jesus
The Last Supper by (Leonardo da Vinci)
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John and Peter lean toward each other
The Last Supper by (Leonardo da Vinci)
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doorway cuts of Jesus' feet
The Last Supper by (Leonardo da Vinci)
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fresco in the Stanza della Segnatura
The School of Athens (by Raphael)
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large marble arch
The School of Athens (by Raphael)
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Plato, Aristotle, Diogenes, Pythagoras
The School of Athens (by Raphael)
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small mirror in the background
Las Meninas (by Diego Velazquez)
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cross of the Order of St. James
Las Meninas (by Diego Velazquez)
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a dwarf (or child) rests a foot on a dog
Las Meninas (by Diego Velazquez)
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attendants to the Infanta Margarita
Las Meninas (by Diego Velazquez)
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arrives on a seashell
The Birth of Venus (by Sandro Botticelli)
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woman holds a pink cloak
The Birth of Venus (by Sandro Botticelli)
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huge cypress tree
The Starry Night (by Vincent van Gogh)
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village of Saint-Remy
The Starry Night (by Vincent van Gogh)
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view outside the artist’s sanitarium room window
The Starry Night (by Vincent van Gogh)
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bayonet in one hand and the French tricolor flag in the other
Liberty Leading the People (by Eugene Delacroix)
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July Revolution
Liberty Leading the People (by Eugene Delacroix)
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Phrygian cap and a yellow dress
Liberty Leading the People (by Eugene Delacroix)
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murder by Charlotte Corday
The Death of Marat (by Jacques-Louis David)
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slumped over in his bathtub
The Death of Marat (by Jacques-Louis David)
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white head cloth and holding a quill
The Death of Marat (by Jacques-Louis David)
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firing squad executing civilians
The Third of May, 1808 (by Francisco Goya)
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Christ-like figure wears yellow and white
The Third of May, 1808 (by Francisco Goya)
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small dog at subjects' feet
The Arnolfini Wedding (by Jan van Eyck)
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oranges on windowsill and table
The Arnolfini Wedding (by Jan van Eyck)
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convex mirror
The Arnolfini Wedding (by Jan van Eyck)
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chandelier with only one candle
The Arnolfini Wedding (by Jan van Eyck)
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woman in black holds an umbrella and walks a monkey on a leash
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (by Georges Seurat)
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man reclining with a pipe
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (by Georges Seurat)
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black dog sniffing the grass
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (by Georges Seurat)
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green Japanese-style bridge
Water Lilies (by Claude Monet)
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garden at Giverny
Water Lilies (by Claude Monet)
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red sky in this painting
The Scream (by Edvard Munch)
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a harbor in Oslo
The Scream (by Edvard Munch)
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eruption of Krakatoa
The Scream (by Edvard Munch)
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a man grabbing his face
The Scream (by Edvard Munch)
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triptych depicting Adam and Eve in Eden
Garden of Earthly Delights (by Hieronymus Bosch)
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bird in hourglass swallows and poops out humans
Garden of Earthly Delights (by Hieronymus Bosch)
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Two ears are pierced by a knife
Garden of Earthly Delights (by Hieronymus Bosch)
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tree-man
Garden of Earthly Delights (by Hieronymus Bosch)
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blue and yellow turban
Girl with the Pearl Earring (by Vermeer)
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Mona Lisa of the North
Girl with the Pearl Earring (by Vermeer)
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nude woman reclining on a bed with a small dog curled by her feet
Venus of Urbino (by Titian)
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a woman in white bent over a chest in the background
Venus of Urbino (by Titian)
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potted myrtle plant in the background
Venus of Urbino (by Titian)
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roses in her right hand and bracelet on her right wrist
Venus of Urbino (by Titian)
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a black maid holds a bouquet of flowers behind a nude prostitute reclining on a bed
Olympia (by Edouard Manet)
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a black cat at the end of the bed
Olympia (by Edouard Manet)
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defended by Emile Zola after controversy
Olympia (by Edouard Manet)
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Paul Cézanne made a Modern version of it
Olympia (by Edouard Manet)
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inspired by Titian's Venus of Urbino
Olympia (by Edouard Manet)
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a large fresco that covers the entire altar wall of the Sistine Chapel
Last Judgement (by Michelangelo)
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contains a self-portrait of Michelangelo as the flayed skin of St. Bartholomew
Last Judgement (by Michelangelo)
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Charon rows a boat of damned souls
Last Judgement (by Michelangelo)
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two clothed men sitting next to a nude woman
Luncheon on the Grass (Edouard Manet)
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a spilled basket of fruit on top of a pile of clothes
Luncheon on the Grass (Edouard Manet)
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poses were inspired by Titian’s Pastoral Concert and Raphael’s Judgement of Paris
Luncheon on the Grass (Edouard Manet)
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Victorine Meurent modeled
Luncheon on the Grass (Edouard Manet)
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the artist’s brother-in-law Ferdinand Leenhoff appears in the foreground with a tasseled hat
Luncheon on the Grass (Edouard Manet)
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boats float in the Le Havre harbor under the reflection of a bright orange sun
Impression: Sunrise (by Claude Monet)
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red curtains on the left and blue curtains on the right
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (by Pablo Picasso)
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faces reminiscent of African masks
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (by Pablo Picasso)
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depicts five naked prostitutes in a brothel
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (by Pablo Picasso)
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a melon slice and grapes lie on a pointy table in the center
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (by Pablo Picasso)
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depicts two Frenchmen (Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve) in the court of Henry VIII
The Ambassadors (by Hans Holbein the Younger)
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a crucifix at the top left is partially hidden by a green curtain
The Ambassadors (by Hans Holbein the Younger)
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anamorphic skull between two men
The Ambassadors (by Hans Holbein the Younger)
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shows a lute with a broken string
The Ambassadors (by Hans Holbein the Younger)
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James Monroe holds an American flag in a boat floating on an icy river
Washington Crossing the Delaware (Emanuel Leutze)
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original version of this painting was destroyed in a 1942 Allied bombing raid on Bremen, Germany
Washington Crossing the Delaware (Emanuel Leutze)
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the title figure is thought to be Jonathan Buttall
The Blue Boy (by Thomas Gainesborough)
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full-length portrait of a young man dressed in the title color and holding a black hat in his right hand
The Blue Boy (by Thomas Gainesborough)
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green and orangey sugarcane lie next to the central figure
The Gulf Stream (by Winslow Homer)
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a three masted ship seen in the background
The Gulf Stream (by Winslow Homer)
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sharks in the foreground with red-highlighted water
The Gulf Stream (by Winslow Homer)
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a black man stranded on a small boat in the middle of the ocean
The Gulf Stream (by Winslow Homer)
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a Roman father holds up three swords to his sons
Oath of the Horatii (by Jacques-Louis David)
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three arches in the background
Oath of the Horatii (by Jacques-Louis David)
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woman in dark blue comforting children
Oath of the Horatii (by Jacques-Louis David)
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a woman in white with a blue headband leans on the shoulder of a woman with an orange shawl, weeping
Oath of the Horatii (by Jacques-Louis David)
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Venus presides over an orange grove guarded by Mercury
Primavera (by Sandro Botticelli)
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Chloris, is transformed into Flora after being abducted by a winged, blue-skinned Zephyrus
Primavera (by Sandro Botticelli)
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Cupid aims his a flaming arrow in the direction of three dancing Graces
Primavera (by Sandro Botticelli)
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a man on the left holds a caduceus
Primavera (by Sandro Botticelli)
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set in Cushing, Maine
Christina's World (by Andrew Wyeth)
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a polio-stricken woman in a pink dress lying in a field looking towards a house and barn in the distance
Christina's World (by Andrew Wyeth)
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the Olson House
Christina's World (by Andrew Wyeth)
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a green-skinned man wearing a yellow cross and a red ring and a red cap
I and the Village (by Marc Chagall)
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upside-down violinist
I and the Village (by Marc Chagall)
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two circles intersecting in the bottom left corner represent an eclipse
I and the Village (by Marc Chagall)
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a man’s head appears in the doorway of a church
I and the Village (by Marc Chagall)
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a man carrying a scythe
I and the Village (by Marc Chagall)
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depicts the town of Vitebsk
I and the Village (by Marc Chagall)
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many men falling asleep in the background
The Gross Clinic (by Thomas Eakins)
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the woman in this work recoils in horror as the central figure holds a bloody scalpel
The Gross Clinic (by Thomas Eakins)
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a surgery demonstration led by the titular doctor
The Gross Clinic (by Thomas Eakins)
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the artist is seen leaning against the doorway in the background
The Gross Clinic (by Thomas Eakins)
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Great as a sauce, too!
Campbell's Soup Cans (by Andy Warhol)
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32 canvases housed in the Museum of Modern Art
Campbell's Soup Cans (by Andy Warhol)
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a masterpiece of the Blue Period
The Old Guitarist (by Pablo Picasso)
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emaciated man holding a guitar, sitting cross legged
The Old Guitarist (by Pablo Picasso)
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a train is emerging from a fireplace
Time Transfixed (by Rene Magritte)
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two candlesticks and a black clock
Time Transfixed (by Rene Magritte)
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an open book by Vesalius with frayed edges in the lower right
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (by Rembrandt)
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forceps to expose the muscles of a dead body’s arm
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (by Rembrandt)
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Seven men in black with white ruffs
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (by Rembrandt)
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depicts Aris Kindt
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (by Rembrandt)
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faint poster from the year 1632 in the background
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (by Rembrandt)
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the artists signature is on the back wall
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (by Rembrandt)
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the clock on the Gate Schiedam indicates that the time of day is 7am
View of Delft (by Jan Vermeer)
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cloudy sky over a harbour and the blue and red roofs
View of Delft (by Jan Vermeer)
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both the “Old Church” and New Church can be seen
View of Delft (by Jan Vermeer)
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a nearly indistinguishable rabbit frantically dashes away
Rain, Steam, and Speed (by JMW Turner)
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men paddling a small boat on the left side near a stone arch bridge
Rain, Steam, and Speed (by JMW Turner)
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the angel Uriel holds the seated Christ child as a young John the Baptist greets him
The Virgin of the Rocks (by Leonardo di Vinci)
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art critic Julian Street said it was like an “explosion in a shingle factory”
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (by Marcel Duchamp)
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New Orleans-born socialite named Virginie Gautreau
Portrait of Madame X (by John Singer Sargent)
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woman in a black dress looking over her left shoulder
Portrait of Madame X (by John Singer Sargent)
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altered to raise a shoulder strap
Portrait of Madame X (by John Singer Sargent)
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Willy Lott's cottage
The Hay Wain (by John Constable)
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a small black and white dog walks on the edge of the River Stour
The Hay Wain (by John Constable)
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two horses pull a cart through a river
The Hay Wain (by John Constable)
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depicts five peasants around a table having a meal
The Potato Eaters (by Vincent van Gogh)
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a hanging oil lamp provides the only source of light
The Potato Eaters (by Vincent van Gogh)
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a clock on the wall reads 7 o'clock
The Potato Eaters (by Vincent van Gogh)
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John the Baptist, the Virgin Mary, and Jesus are at the top of this painting
Burial of Count Orgaz (by El Greco)
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shows Saint Stephen and Saint Augustine lowering the body of the title figure
Burial of Count Orgaz (by El Greco)
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men in black clothing with huge white ruffs divide this painting between the heavens and earth
Burial of Count Orgaz (by El Greco)
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located at the church of San Tome in Toledo
Burial of Count Orgaz (by El Greco)
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a woman in black gloves covers her ears
The Luncheon of the Boating Party (by Pierre-Auguste Renoir)
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a red- and white-striped awning
The Luncheon of the Boating Party (by Pierre-Auguste Renoir)
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a woman with flowers in her straw hat plays with a small dog on the table
The Luncheon of the Boating Party (by Pierre-Auguste Renoir)
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features Charles Ephrussi, Aline Charigot, Maison Fournaise, and Gustave Caillebotte
The Luncheon of the Boating Party (by Pierre-Auguste Renoir)
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a group of friends enjoying a mid-day meal on a balcony by the Seine River
The Luncheon of the Boating Party (by Pierre-Auguste Renoir)
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completed in The Factory just weeks after the subject's fatal barbiturate overdose
Diptych of Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn Diptych) (by Andy Warhol)
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50 prints, half color and half black and white
Diptych of Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn Diptych) (by Andy Warhol)
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“I PRESSED THE FIRE CONTROL… AND AHEAD OF ME ROCKETS BLAZED THROUGH THE SKY”
Whaam! (by Roy Lichtenstein)
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an American plane firing a rocket at another enemy plane
Whaam! (by Roy Lichtenstein)
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use of Ben-Day dots
Whaam! (by Roy Lichtenstein)
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an adaption from a comic panel in DC Comics' All-American Men of War
Whaam! (by Roy Lichtenstein)
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depiction of a sea rescue in Havana Bay
Watson and the Shark (John Copley)
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The towers of Morro Castle appear in the background
Watson and the Shark (John Copley)
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features an animal with unnatural lips based on a jawbone study
Watson and the Shark (John Copley)
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the pose of the title figure is based on the Borghese Gladiator sculpture by Agasias of Ephesus
Watson and the Shark (John Copley)
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a black sailor with a rope and a man with a harpoon are among the people attempting to rescue a boy
Watson and the Shark (John Copley)
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the subject would later become Lord Mayor of London
Watson and the Shark (John Copley)
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depicts the fate of a commander at the Battle of Quebec (Battle of the Plains of Abraham)
Death of General Wolfe (by Benjamin West)
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a squatting Native American with his chin on his fist, hatched at his feet, and cradling a rifle
Death of General Wolfe (by Benjamin West)
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a man runs into the scene on the left carrying a hat in one hand and the fleur-de-lis in the other
Death of General Wolfe (by Benjamin West)
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destroyed because Rockefeller was unhappy with a depiction of Lenin
Man at the Crossroads (by Diego Rivera)
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a mural created for the Rockefeller center
Man at the Crossroads (by Diego Rivera)
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the central figure of this work stands amidst the lenses of a giant microscope wearing thick black gloves and a yellow jumpsuit
Man at the Crossroads (by Diego Rivera)
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statue of Zeus wearing a cross
Man at the Crossroads (by Diego Rivera)
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top left of this work is dominated by an army with bayonets and gas masks
Man at the Crossroads (by Diego Rivera)
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shows Trotsky raising a red flag and Lenin getting everybody to hold hands
Man at the Crossroads (by Diego Rivera)
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Adam reclining on a green hill reaching toward God
The Creation of Adam (by Michelangelo)
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depicts a group of 12 people huddled in front of a red cloth often said to resemble a brain
The Creation of Adam (by Michelangelo)
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naked people on a square raft at sea
The Raft of Medusa (by Theodore Gericault)
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a black and brown pipe with a tan background floats above the words "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" (“This is not a Pipe”)
The Treachery of Images (by Rene Magritte)
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series of frescoes commissioned by Pope Julius II
Sistine Chapel ceiling (by Michelangelo)
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includes nine scenes from the Book of Genesis, including The Creation of Adam
Sistine Chapel ceiling (by Michelangelo)
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includes the Ignudi
Sistine Chapel ceiling (by Michelangelo)
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includes 5 Sibyls and 7 Prophets of Israel
Sistine Chapel ceiling (by Michelangelo)
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figure in this painting wears a dress with white, pink, and green stripes
The Child's Bath (by Mary Cassatt)
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features an ornate rug across the floor and two floral patterns on the back wall
The Child's Bath (by Mary Cassatt)
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inspired by the artist’s interest in Japanese art, especially woodblocks
The Child's Bath (by Mary Cassatt)
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the artist liked to paint everyday things and was besties with Degas
The Child's Bath (by Mary Cassatt)
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the Third Estate pledges to write a constitution
Tennis Court Oath (by Jacques-Louis David)
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a protestant, a monk, and a statesman embrace
Tennis Court Oath (by Jacques-Louis David)
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spectators peer in through large windows at the top
Tennis Court Oath (by Jacques-Louis David)
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five nude people join hands in a circle
The Dance (by Henri Matisse)
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originally commissioned as a mural for the grand staircase of the Trubetskoy Palace by Russian industrialist Sergey Shchukin
The Dance (by Henri Matisse)
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a second version of this painting was commissioned as a ceiling mural above the three window arches at the Barnes Foundation
The Dance (by Henri Matisse)
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the figures in the painting appear at the back of the same artist’s The Joy of Life
The Dance (by Henri Matisse)
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25 separate paintings of these objects in fields near Giverny
Haystacks (by Claude Monet)
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pastoral subjects painted at different times of the day and different seasons
Haystacks (by Claude Monet)
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a clock in the background reads 12:15, while the center is dominated by a slanting pool table
The Night Cafe (by Vincent van Gogh)
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four lemon-yellow lamps hanging from the ceiling
The Night Cafe (by Vincent van Gogh)
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“a place where one can ruin oneself, go mad, or commit a crime"
The Night Cafe (by Vincent van Gogh)
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bright red walls and green ceiling
The Night Cafe (by Vincent van Gogh)
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the central figure is dressed in a striped “oriental costume”
The Sleeping Gypsy (by Henri Rousseau)
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depicts a lion looking at a slumbering woman
The Sleeping Gypsy (by Henri Rousseau)
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the central holds a stick in one hand while a mandolin with a bent neck sits next to her
The Sleeping Gypsy (by Henri Rousseau)
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depicts a Greek philosopher drinking hemlock
Death of Socrates (by Jacques-Louis David)
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the title figure points to the ceiling as he receives a goblet
Death of Socrates (by Jacques-Louis David)
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a smoking lamp sits atop a black metal pedestal
Death of Socrates (by Jacques-Louis David)
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a seated man places his hand on the thigh of the central figure
Death of Socrates (by Jacques-Louis David)
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a man in blue is dejectedly leaning his face on a wall
Death of Socrates (by Jacques-Louis David)
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the central figure of this painting is dressed in a billowing pink dress and is seen kicking off a shoe
The Swing (by Jean-Honore Fragonard)
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an Étienne Falconet sculpture of a stone cupid holding a finger to its lips (a putto)
The Swing (by Jean-Honore Fragonard)
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a man hides within shrubbery on the left side of this painting
The Swing (by Jean-Honore Fragonard)
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a barking white dog appears in front of a shadowy man pulling the ropes on the title object
The Swing (by Jean-Honore Fragonard)
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Yinka Shonibare did a headless installation of it
The Swing (by Jean-Honore Fragonard)
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a cathedral steeple rises above grey buildings on a green hill beneath a stormy sky
View of Toledo (by El Greco)
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the Castle of San Servando seen on the left-hand side of the painting
View of Toledo (by El Greco)
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includes Witches’ Sabbath, Saturn Devouring His Son, Satan as the Great He-Goat, Fight with Cudgels
Black Paintings (by Francisco de Goya)
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series of macabre paintings that were painted on the walls of the Quinta del Sordo
Black Paintings (by Francisco de Goya)
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a parody of the Mona Lisa consisting of a cheap postcard of the painting with a mustache drawn on it
L.H.O.O.Q. (by Marcel Duchamp)
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its name is a French pun meaning "She's got a hot ass" ("Elle a chaud au cul")
L.H.O.O.Q. (by Marcel Duchamp)
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Edouard Dujardin described it as an example of "cloisonnism"
The Yellow Christ (by Paul Gauguin)
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a man in a blue shirt and black pants is hopping a stone fence near two women in the background
The Yellow Christ (by Paul Gauguin)
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three women kneel at the foot of the subject with the closest wearing pink and white
The Yellow Christ (by Paul Gauguin)
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in the center, a white dog and a kneeling man surround a hole in the ground
A Burial at Ornans (by Gustave Courbet)
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includes a tall staff with a crucifix on its top
A Burial at Ornans (by Gustave Courbet)
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includes two red-clothed priests, one with a bulbous nose
A Burial at Ornans (by Gustave Courbet)
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depicts the burial of the artists uncle (great-uncle)
A Burial at Ornans (by Gustave Courbet)
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in St. Bavo’s Cathedral in Belgium
Ghent Altarpiece (by Jan van Eyck)
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includes a Deesis above the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb
Ghent Altarpiece (by Jan van Eyck)
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Grisaille depictions of St. John the Evangelist and St. John the Baptist
Ghent Altarpiece (by Jan van Eyck)
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a portion depicting Philip the Good was stolen in 1934
Ghent Altarpiece (by Jan van Eyck)
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many offended by the nude Adam and Eve panels
Ghent Altarpiece (by Jan van Eyck)
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original plaster transferred to canvas and sent to the Prado
Saturn Devouring His Son (by Francisco de Goya)
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depicts a titan tearing the head off of one of his offspring
Saturn Devouring His Son (by Francisco de Goya)
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shows the final minutes of life of an Assyrian king
The Death of Sardanapalus (by Eugene Delacroix)
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two elephant heads protrude from the bed at the center
The Death of Sardanapalus (by Eugene Delacroix)
240
shows a naked woman being murdered by one of the title figure’s servants
The Death of Sardanapalus (by Eugene Delacroix)
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servants kill the horses around the title figure
The Death of Sardanapalus (by Eugene Delacroix)
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based on a play by Lord Byron
The Death of Sardanapalus (by Eugene Delacroix)
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depicts a woman facing her doppelganger while dining in a restaurant
Chop Suey (by Edward Hopper)
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a man with a cigarette sits across from a woman in a red hat
Chop Suey (by Edward Hopper)
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depicts a woman in a green V-neck and black hat at a white table with a woman wearing a blue hat
Chop Suey (by Edward Hopper)
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the title is on a sign outside the window behind a woman in green
Chop Suey (by Edward Hopper)
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depicts three figures dressed as Pierrot, Harlequin, and a friar, believed to be its artist, Guillaume Apollinaire and Max Jacob respectively
Three Musicians (by Pablo Picasso)
248
De Stijl masterpiece composed of tiny alternating rectangles of different colors
Broadway Boogie-Woogie (by Piet Mondrian)
249
characteristic yellow grid with red, blue, and gray squares
Broadway Boogie-Woogie (by Piet Mondrian)
250
a man in a suit, red tie, and bowler hat whose face is blocked by a green apple
The Son of Man (by Rene Magritte)
251
a cloudy sky, blue water, and a concrete-block wall make up the background
The Son of Man (by Rene Magritte)
252
a farmer with a red shirt ploughs in the foreground
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (by Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
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a shepherd (and his dog) with two black sheep among the white ones looks up to the sky
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (by Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
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a town with white buildings and red roofs in the background of the harbor
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (by Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
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a fisherman in the lower right doesn't seem to notice the legs splashing in the water
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (by Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
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features black, white, and salmon paint drips
Lavender Mist (by Jackson Pollock)
257
handprints near the top edge of the painting
Lavender Mist (by Jackson Pollock)
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described as “flinging a pot of paint in the public’s face”
Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket (by James Whistler)
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inspired by a light show in the Cremorne Gardens
Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket (by James Whistler)
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the artist sued John Ruskin after he criticized this painting
Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket (by James Whistler)
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abstract expressionist work that includes coins, buttons, and tacks and dripped paints
Full Fathom Five (by Jackson Pollock)
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includes Fine Wind, Clear Morning, in which it morphs in color from cool green to red at the top
Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji (by Hokusai)
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includes The Great Wave off Kanagawa which used Prussian Blue
Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji (by Hokusai)
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a series of ukiyo-e prints
Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji (by Hokusai)
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painted as an altarpiece for an Antwerp church
The Descent from the Cross (by Peter Paul Rubens)
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Biblical scene in which Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea lower the body of Christ to the ground
The Descent from the Cross (by Peter Paul Rubens)
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two lovers adorned in yellow on wildflowers and a gold background
The Kiss (by Gustav Klimt)
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includes Madonna, Vampire, Death in the Sickroom, and The Scream
Frieze of Life (by Edvard Munch)
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three men followed by a pack of dogs with a dead fox, and villagers can be seen ice skating in the distance
The Hunters in the Snow (by Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
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black birds in the barren trees at the top of the painting
The Hunters in the Snow (by Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
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the background of this painting is dominated by a sepia reproduction of Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware
Daughters of Revolution (by Grant Wood)
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satirical portrait of three old women sneering and drinking tea
Daughters of Revolution (by Grant Wood)
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a man pulls back a curtain to show George Washington’s father confronting him about a cut cherry tree
Parson Weems’ Fable (by Grant Wood)
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unfinished portrait of Washington showing just his head and shoulders
Athenaeum Portrait of George Washington (by Gilbert Stuart)
